Oliver reed

The hard-drinking but brilliant actor Oliver Reed and the wristwatches that reflected his character and his life.

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Oliver Reed in Hammer’s 'The Curse of the Werewolf' (1961)

At one point Ken Russell was the favored director for a movie version of A Clockwork Orange supposedly starring the Rolling Stones. What Russell would have made of Anthony Burgess’s novel is a moot point. However, it is more than conceivable that Russell would have cast Oliver Reed as Alex, the sociopathic gang leader who together with his “droogs” unleash acts of opportunistic “ultra-violence,” rather than Mick Jagger. Reed would have been an interesting fit though a bit too old for the…

Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the 1968 Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974)

Oliver Reed and Keith Moon had a bizarre friendship that brought them close to the edge of madness and ultimately lead to their untimely deaths.

Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) & Bullseye. Oliver! (1968)

From The Devils to Women in Love, we celebrate the force of nature that was Oliver Reed.